Spilosoma latiradiata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1901. It is found in South Africa and Zambia.[2]

Spilosoma latiradiata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Spilosoma
Species:
S. latiradiata
Binomial name
Spilosoma latiradiata
(Hampson, 1901)
Synonyms
  • Diacrisia latiradiata Hampson, 1901[1]

Description of the female

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Head and thorax yellow tinged with olive brown; palpi, lower part of frons, antennae, a broad stripe on vertex of thorax, pectus, and legs deep black; abdomen orange above, with segmental black bands expanding into dorsal spots, a lateral series of black spots connected with the black ventral surface which has a series of orange spots reduced towards extremity. Forewing fulvous orange, with deep black fascia nearly filling the cell, submedian interspace, and the interspaces beyond the cell; a slight postmedial black streak above inner margin. Hindwing fuscous black, the base yellowish, the cilia yellow.

Wingspan 46 mm.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum v3 plates (1920)  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Spilosoma latiradiata (Hampson, 1901)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  3. ^ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum v.3 (1913)  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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